Blind and shutter



UNITED STATES PATEN FFICE.

ROBERT V. JONES, O Ii BIRMINGHAM, PENNSYLVANIA.

BLIND AND SHUTTER OPERATOR.

Speccaton of Letters Patent No.

To all whom v'z may @o nce/m:

Be it known that I, ROBERT V. JoNEs, ot' the borough of Birmingham, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Machine for Opening and Closing and Fastening `Win dow-Shutters by Means of a Roller and Chain; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of' the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specifica tion, in which- Figure l is a view of the hinge when shut and Fig. 2 is a view of the same when opened.

To enable others skilledin the art to make and use myinvention I will proceed more fully to describe its construction and operation.

It is intended to be applied to the ordinary windows and shutters of dwellings, Sac. now commonly used. I use a cap, letter a,

Fig. l, made of cast iron, working on acast iron box, letter b Fig. l, the two together making what I term a box hinge, and is at- 9,405, dated November 16, 1852.

tached to the shutters with ordinary wood screws by the iiange, letter c, Fig. l, letter f ing upon another roller, letter e Fig. l, the roller e, like the other being made of castV iron and working and supported by a cast iron frame attached with wood screws to the window frame, the whole when so arranged is operated upon and moved by the handle Z Fig. l. Fig. 2 is a view of the hinge when opened the saine letters referring to like parts as in Fig. l.

What I claim as my invention and desire to be secured by Letters Patent is- The tubular shanked box hinge, with roller contained therein as arranged with respect to the roller within the building when the rollers are connected by a chain and the whole is constructed as herein described, constituting a convenient blind, or shutter operator.

R. V. JONES. IVitnesses:

JN0. BARTON, EDMUND JoNEs. 

